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And filling them with Dredd.
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Mowman
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StKilda 2018 - 2020 will smash both those sides
Aker & Nathan Brown - Rich/WB are the best dual sided players I've seen.
Sam Mitchell right up there aswell..
Axcellence
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I loved the 2004, 2008, 2012 grand finals.
Are we due for a good one next year?
Are we due for a good one next year?
Barrels
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BRISBANE:
FB: Johnson - Michael - White
HB: C.Scott - Leppitsch - B.Scott
RK: Keating - Voss - Black
CR: Akermanis - Copeland - Lappin
HF: Power - Brown - Hart
FF: Bradshaw - Lynch - Pike
IC (from): Ashcroft McRae McDonald Notting Shattock Headland McGrath Hadley Caracella Charman
HAWTHORN:
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HB: Guerra - Frawley - Birchall
RK: McEvoy - Mitchell - Lewis
CR: Smith - Hodge - Shiels
HF: Rioli - Franklin - Bruest
FF: Puopolo - Roughead - Gunston
IC (from): Stratton Hale Sewell Bailey Hill Duryea Schoenmakers Simpkin Suckling Langford Spangher
Hawks go deeper, but all things being equal (fitness etc.) half of their blokes wouldn't make it to half time.
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The problem with comparing any team to these Hawks is that it is a lttle pointless as when you go up against these Hawks when they are on you can't beat em: their skills and decision-making under pressure don't allow for it. It is footy perfection, you simply don't get the ball back. For that reason they stand alone. They've raised the bar and then some.
They are the Ajax/Barcelona of Aussie Rules. It is total football and Clarko will go down in history as a game-changing coach who empowered his players by teaching them how to play the game like no one before him. It is beautiful to watch if you love your footy and have played the game as you realise just how tough it is to do what the Hawks do under presure. You just have to take your hat off to them.
They are the Ajax/Barcelona of Aussie Rules. It is total football and Clarko will go down in history as a game-changing coach who empowered his players by teaching them how to play the game like no one before him. It is beautiful to watch if you love your footy and have played the game as you realise just how tough it is to do what the Hawks do under presure. You just have to take your hat off to them.
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hmmmm Essendrugs just signed Worsfold for 3 yrs.
Didnt he retire cos he was burnt out
Could be good for them , could be another Malcolm Blight comeback scenario
Didnt he retire cos he was burnt out
Could be good for them , could be another Malcolm Blight comeback scenario
How long before he introduces the West Coast illicit drug program of the 2000's?hmmmm Essendrugs just signed Worsfold for 3 yrs.
Didnt he retire cos he was burnt out
Could be good for them , could be another Malcolm Blight comeback scenario
We all know the Essendon board are sheep, so I'm guessing not long.... And at least this way they definitely won't need any documentation at all & instead of liaising with Doc Reid, they can give Ben Cousins, Daniel Kerr & Daniel Chick jobs in their high 'performance' sector
I had to laugh today when Worsfold got the Essendon gig and trying to explain what his plans for the future, this guy will be as successful as Roos at the Dees who is doing the job for the same reason MONEY.
Is it just me or does this man only have one move, at the West Coast Hunter to full forward then to full back. Next year his only move will be Hooker to full forward then to full back, as his counting his dollars, thankyou Essendon.
Is it just me or does this man only have one move, at the West Coast Hunter to full forward then to full back. Next year his only move will be Hooker to full forward then to full back, as his counting his dollars, thankyou Essendon.
Did he really say something along the lines of getting them back in contention in about 3 years?
BrianSpeaking
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There's some tragic cases from the era he was captain then coach in.
Mainwaring RIP.
Cousins probably RIP.
Kerr, Druggie and thief.
Chick, Druggie and trafficker.
Sampi, biggest waste of talent ever.
The kid who was a rookie there who was jailed for drugs.
Gardiner who had to get out of Perth or would have gone to jail or worse.
Just think about that from one club, and they are only the ones that we know about. What a joke that this guy gets another run, but appropriate it's at Essendon.
Defacto
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Couldnt agree more.
The story of mainy coming into the locker room regularly stinking of bourbon to the point they put a club emposed ban on him is infamous. Because it lasted all of three weeks before they told him to start drinking again
The same bullshit excuse cousins then used 10+ years later, word for word. Straight after he was told of the issues in the player group that he defended and hushed.
Funniest thing: not even essendon will take bluey. Ask claremont how they feel about him
Theres also the matter of the hushed up rape case involving a player that led to G train punching an umpire
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Then there were the players of his era who looked like He-Man masters of the universe figures. They must have been on some serious 'roids.
Defacto
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Said fitness bloke got rubbed out for handing out banned substances to athletes including a private school
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Do go on.
Defacto
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Dogs players got wind of it before they played them at the WACA only problem is they got told the wrong name. Were sledging G train for it. He finally snapped, turned around to hit the bloke and instead hit the umpire
I don't see the age profile as the be all and end all really. You could do a "Demons" and sack all the oldest and take on 6 youngies in the draft and it will make the age profile look better.
Its when all the players are crap AND old you are in trouble.
Hi Blues.
Walker - Good player without ever living up to his early draft pick potential. 29 and injured a lot.
Menzel - Good young player. Genetics suggest the poor kid's knee's will probably explode at an inopportune moment.
Murphy - Their big star, a first round draft pick and their captain. He polled the same in the Brownlow as Jack Steven and David Armitage, ( who robbed votes off each other ). He's 28 and his star is fading.
Bryce Gibbs - seems to have outgrown his earlier "squibbs" nickname , earned by running away from Milney. ANOTHER first round draft pick it seems like a weekend hardly goes by without me hearing how well he played on the weekend. Hang on , thats simply not true. Maybe adequate is the word.
Judd - A great of the game, then he went to Carlton, then he retired. They will not be able to replace him in 2016.
Simpson - One of Carlton's best players IMO, he's 31.
Buckley - As Stkilda supporters know, these mildly useful players who can run off the hbf are really hard to come by.
Kreuzer - ANOTHER number one draft pick who turned out to be serviceable.
Cripps - What's happened here, there seems to be nothing wrong with him. Poster child for the CFC recruiters.
Matthew Watson - Talented young defender taken the pick before Issac Smith in the draft .. oh wait they delisted him.
Warnock - Carlton needed a talented young ruckman, instead they got Warnock who is really really tall. Tall enough to be a ruckman in theory. ( Freo got Suban with the pick they traded ). Carlton has carefully managed his fitness to make sure he is never eligible for father son. Their best ruck recruit since Ackland.
Boekhurst - Knowing that they would be playing finals in 2015, Carlton needed a first rounder ready to play afl right away. Other options such as Goddard, would not be able to play until late in the season.
Yarran - As would be expected from a number 6 draft pick, Yarran is sometimes adequate.
Jones - Another mature player for the Finals campaign. Traded for a pick that gave the bulldogs Caleb Daniel. Once kicked 2 goals for Carlton.
Docherty - Carlton are pinning their future hopes on young players like Sam.
Viojo-Rainbow - he might be a good hb flanker, and how could they pass a name like that in the draft. The icing on the cake. Now to find a cake.
Rowe - A sensible young man, who given the opportunity to play football for Carlton and looking at the way they were travelling, thought he better finish his apprenticeship first . Even though he's a battler from a state league (27yo) , he comfortably outrucks Warnock, who as mentioned , is really tall.
Jacksh - a player who was cleverly poached from GWS who weren't playing him because...... well as it turns out he wasn't much good.
Giles - Fits the age profile and the general level of ruck talent. But they delisted him, probably to make room for Lleuenburger who was once an exciting young ruck prospect.
Holeman - Promising young mid who once got 13 disposals. Mainly useful for making Carlton's age profile slightly lower.
Tutt - Can sometimes run onto the ground and get the ball. So one of Carlton's elite.
Henderson - Has a bit of talent, so understandably wants to leave.
Whiley - Carlton traded a pick that could have landed them Jake Lever, for Jacksch and Whiley. Then they ask for a priority pick. ( Rolls eyes ).
Clem Smith - A small defender who played some games and got 12 disposals on occasion. Helps with the age profile.
Jayden Foster - Carlton cleverly bid on Foster in an attempt to make the dogs use their 4th rounder on him (cordy style ). Dogs were not interested and Carlton were stuck with him. A similar level of development as Payne in StKilda he helps Carlton with their age profile.
Armfield - 28 yo who is good enough to get a game with Carlton.
Bell - A half decent state league level player, Bell naturally turned out to be one of the best players on Carltons list. ( 24 yo).
Dick - Not good enough to get a game at Sydney, but a great source of jokes in the locker room. Helping with the age profile.
Graham - 21 year old who once got 26 disposals, so Carlton will probably name him captain.
Everett - 26 year old who is good enough to get a game with Carlton
Curnow - 25 year old and a drafting sucess story for Carlton. They managed to get a tagger.
Dale Thomas - Sorry i got nothing
Jamison - Great defender , 29 YO
Casboult - It is very important to have tall people in your AFL team.
Tuohey - 25 year old irish recruit who sometimes plays good footy
White - A tough defender who is probably not tall enough
Carrazzo - an underrated player, very good, now leaving this madhouse.
Ellard - After drafting him in 2008 , Carlton finally worked out that he's pretty ordinary and delisted him.
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The thing the still blows my mind about the Boekhorst pick is that their reasoning was his "more developed" body.
Boekhorst, age 22, is listed as 185cm and 75kgs
Jayden Laverde, age 19, is listed as 190cms and 82kgs
Boekhorst, age 22, is listed as 185cm and 75kgs
Jayden Laverde, age 19, is listed as 190cms and 82kgs
I thought it was because he was already playing senior footy.
